Daoism Ph.D. thesis 2003
"Imperial Mountain Journeys"
p. 139 directional magical elixirs (HY 1231:3a-5a)
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direction |
elixir |
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east |
qin-jin yu-tai (Green-Essence Jade-Root) |
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south |
xuan-gan jian-s^i (Mysterious-Mainstay Red-Fruit) |
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west |
jin-ye dan-jin (Golden-Liquid Cinnabar-Quintessence) |
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north |
qion-ye lan-yu (Cornelian Glyceride Liquid-Jade) |
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above |
wu-z^i dan-jin (5-Fungi Cinnabar-Quintessence) |
p. 147 achieved ranks of the immortals (HY 303:5a-6a)
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[primary rank of] the Upper Immortals |
Duke Commanding the Perfected |
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Stabilizing Primordial Duke |
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Duke of Utmost Life |
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Grand Master of Central Yellow |
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Overseer of the 9 Qi |
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Duke of the Capital of the Immortals |
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secondary rank of the Upper Immortals |
Immortal Chamberlains |
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Immortal Grand Master |
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[primary rank of] the Middling Immortals |
those who roam throughout the 5 Marchmounts, some reaching the Tai-qin Heavens: who command gods & daimones |
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secondary rank of the Middling Immortals |
who receive as fief a mountain |
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who command the gods & spirits |
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who roam & fly throughout Xiao-you |
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who gather in palaces of the Pure & Empty |
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[primary rank of] the Lower Immortals |
who eateth grain and dieth not |
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who hath no shadow in daylight |
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secondary rank of the Lower Immortals |
who enact corpse-deliverance in broad daylight |
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who pass through death in Utmost Yin |
p. 150 investiture as a Perfected One (HY 303:12a)
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ascension |
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rode on the clouds and piloted dragons, rising to the heavens in broad daylight. |
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reached the Palace of Grand Tenuity. |
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received official documentation ... as the Perfected One of Purple Yan. |
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insignia |
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yellow yak-tail |
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slips of the eight Awes |
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belt of molten metal |
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repast |
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garbed in raiment of spontaneity. |
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ate cakes of jade-liquor. |
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drank broths of golden elixir. |
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governing at palaces |
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at golden court & bronze walls of Mt. Ge-yan = Palace of Purple Yan |
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had 8 Perfected Lords on his right, with whom each month pay court to the Lord of Grand Tenuity, on Mt. Mt. Kun-lun |
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Mt. Bo-z^on as alternate palace = Sunken Palace of the Grotto-Court |
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grotto-abyss: descending into it connect to Xiao-you Grotto-heaven of Mt. Wan-mu |
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also, in subterranean paths, to Lan-fen [on Mt. Kun-lun] |
p. 160 directional excursions of the Sage Lord
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direction |
excursion |
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start |
western peak of Green Citadel Mountain |
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north |
land beyond Dragon Candle |
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west |
the passes of the Nine Currents |
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east |
the dawn-praecincts of the Fu-san Grove |
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south |
in the clouds above the Scarlet Mountains |
manifestation on the 6th day of the 3rd month in the ren-c^en year
p. 160 record fixing date of death (to be expunged)
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in the San-guan ("3 Bureaus") of Mt. Tai |
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in Tai Yin (Grand Yin) |
p. 196, fn. 68 -- # of characters in the 1st stanza of each direction, in the Perfect Scripts
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direction |
# of characters |
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east |
24 |
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south |
32 |
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west |
48 |
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north |
48 (?) |
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centre |
40 |
p. 196, fn. 69 -- #s of character-sets for the eastern direction (HY 352:1.10a-10b)
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ord. # |
# of char. |
written on the __ |
in charge of __ |
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1st |
24 |
Primordial Platform of the 9 Heavens |
summoning the high emperors of the 9 Heavens |
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2nd |
32 |
Hall of Eastern Florescence of the Palace of Purple Subtlety |
summoning the stellar officials |
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3rd |
32 |
Hostel of the Overseeing Spirit of the Eastern Mulberry |
rectifying the qi of the 9 Heavens |
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4th |
32 |
Cinnabar Platform of the Northwestern Jade Gate |
summoning water-dragons & water-gods |
p. 232 concealment of The Five Tallies of Lin-bao, which were written out by Yu, and so-named by the Most High
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1st text |
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in the midst of a mystic platform, in the hollow of a rock, in a grotto of Mt. Miao |
They would appear once every 10,000 years in order to shew that they would not decay. However, they would await 1 great kalpa before they would be spread abroad. |
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copy of text, written on cinnabar cloth of the southern harmony |
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sealed in a golden-flowered box, imprinted with the seal of the Mystic Metropolis: to be transmitted by the gods of the rivers & marshes to the Lord of the Grotto Chamber of the waters of the Z^en (= Lake Tai) |
They needed to await the passage of 3,000 hui (3,240,000 years) before being transmitted to the Water-Master Fu Bo-z^an |
p. 244 the 2 sections of the Lin-bao corpus, as divided by Lu Xiu-jin
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ord. # |
1st |
2nd |
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revealed by __ |
Yuan-s^i Tian-zun (Origin-Prime Heavenly-Worthy) |
Xian-gon (the Duke Immortal) = Ge Xuan |
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contents |
36 juan (fascicles), divided into 10 pian (sections) |
including the Wu-fu Xu scripture |
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nature |
written in gold tablets, kept in the Palace of Purple Tenuity |
jue (instructions), jie (explanations) |
pp. 244-245 [mythic] era of the scriptures, according to Lu Xiu-jin
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ordinal # of era |
era |
scriptures __ |
"moving the Most High through their worthiness" |
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1st |
Lon-han |
"began" |
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2nd |
Jian-kan |
"were not revealed" |
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3rd |
C^i-min |
"each heaven possessed its own" |
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4th |
the revolution of 1 kalpa |
"changed" |
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5th |
the accumulation |
? |
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[6th] |
Kai-huan |
"arrived" |
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[7th] |
S^an-huan |
"The Great Law was circulated" |
the Caelestial Worthy of Primordial Origin |
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[8th] |
the time of the 6 Heavens |
"returned to the Grand Veil heaven" |
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9th ? |
"from the cloudy carriages of heaven" |
emperor Gao-xin (= Di Ku) |
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"of Mt." Z^on |
Yu the Great |
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the Caelestial Master |
Lao-jun |
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"on Mt." Tian-tai |
the Duke Immortal |
Julius Nanting Tsai: In the Steps of Emperors and Immortals. PhD diss, Stanford U., 2003.